Solar and Wind Lead China's Power Expansion

A report from chinadaily.com.cn Apr. 23th, 2026：

An aerial drone photo taken on Jan 7, 2025 shows an offshore wind farm in the waters of Laizhou city, East China's Shandong province. [Photo/Xinhua]

China's installed power generation capacity had reached 3.96 billion kilowatts by the end of March, up 15.5 percent year-on-year, with solar and wind leading the growth, official data showed Thursday.

Solar power capacity hit 1.24 billion kW, a 31.3 percent increase from the same period last year, while wind power installed capacity reached 660 million kW, up 22.4 percent year-on-year, according to the National Energy Administration (NEA).

China has been stepping up efforts to develop clean energy, with solar and wind power becoming major drivers of installed capacity growth.